Sexual Cannibalism: Female black widows chase down & eat less desirable males but sometimes the opposite happens http://t.co/BBxxJrxQyx
May 06, 2013
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Male Black Widows Flip Sexual Cannibalism
A black widow spider spinning egg case silk.CREDIT: Biology Department of the University of California, Riverside. Black widow spiders get their names from the belief that the female devours her partner after sex. But this gruesome ritual doesn't always happen after mating and sometimes, the roles are even reversed, researchers say.